Good news from the eye doc and other cheap thrills

[wombat_socho]

Doc says I don't have cataracts, glaucoma or macular degeneration and my vision is just as good as it was two years ago. Also, while waiting for the atropine to dilate my pupils, I wandered down to the PX in the basement of the VA medical center and found one of these Cuisinart ICE-21 Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker on sale for $29.99. Of course I bought it*. :) Unfortunately, the rain that's been dripping on Washington disappeared while I was having my eye exam and the sun emerged to fry my rods & cones on the drive home, since I hadn't brought my sunglasses; fortunately, for once the traffic on 395 South didn't suck and I was home quickly.

Other than that it's been a pretty dull week so far. I've been doing linkagery and smacking trolls at The Other McCain, successfully getting my diet and schedule back under control, and waiting for a job offer to come along.

While waiting, I have of course been playing EVE, and also rediscovering the dubious joys of Graduation, which I am every bit as bad at as I am at EVE. Actually, worse, since I haven't played Graduation in, what, ten years? Anyway, it's not a dating sim and not at all hentai, but it's pretty damn hard to figure out. It was on sale for $1.99, and I've already had at least that much fun out of it.

I've also been getting some reading done; nothing new except for Do the Work, which is available for free for your Kindle. This is a useful guide on how to kick your own ass and get it in gear, and if you're having problems getting a project done, maybe you should take the time to read this. It seems to me that the book is primarily aimed at writers, but I think the lessons it has to offer apply equally well to starting businesses and other, more small-scale things. Recommended.

Also recently acquired: Ladytron's Best Of 00-10, which is an excellent collection of music by one of the odder electronic/dance bands out there, and Wings Greatest, which I admit to buying just for "Jet", "Junior's Farm". and the original "Live And Let Die", which latter song I frankly like better than the Guns N' Roses remake.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ha! Yes, he was always "the saint" to me too - seemed odd and out
of place as bond. Connery was, I think, the only bond who would kill
in cold blood; the rest all seemed very quickly to catch the politically
correct thing, and become a McGiver with a million ways to incapacitate
humanely.... what is a 00 FOR if not the one person in the structure who
by head of gov/royal decree is above the need for the political nicety?

doug

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true...I blame it on Hollywood's need to have Bond be a more sympathetic hero instead of the fellow he was in the books. Connery is closer to the book version, but not 100% there either. I haven't seen any of the Bond movies since Roger Moore stopped playing the part, so idk about Daniel Craig or Pierce Brosnan.